by MORTAR Team | Oct 2, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: 2 minutes Of all the things I’ve done in life, all the titles I’ve held and will hold down the line, Father is the one I’m cherishing the most, and it’s not even close! I never saw this for myself, having a baby, being responsible...
by MORTAR Team | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: 2 minutesLexie Grimes, Program Manager 5 months. The amount of time The MORTAR Building has been open, and barely less than my garlic plants have spent their days underneath my garden soil. I’m rather partial to a garden metaphor, so bear with me, and...
by MORTAR Team | Apr 17, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: < 1 minute“The beautiful spring came, and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. – Harriet Ann Jacobs Allen Woods, CEO Just as April showers bring May flowers, the challenges and triumphs we’ve...
by MORTAR Team | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tianna Woodford, Program Manager We’ve all been there: saying something with good intent, only to realize it was received differently than we expected. In the workplace, the gap between intent and impact can shape trust, morale, and...
by MORTAR Team | Apr 3, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: 2 minutes Roycelle Parker, Finance Manager My theme for 2023 was, “Just Move the Needle,” and I did just that. I put my head down amid the PILE of work before me, and the systems and processes yet to be established for two departments. I resolved within...
by MORTAR Team | Mar 26, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ciarra Wooten, Development Manager It might strike you as an unexpected parallel, but trust me, Lady Gaga’s Fire Aid LA performance of “Shallow”, in all its raw power and delivery, hit the very soul of entrepreneurship and the essence of the...
